Bostock Decision Leaves Question of LGBTQ Church Workers Undecided in Civil Law

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Legal experts and LGBTQ advocates have continued to opine about the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity, including the impact that ruling might have on church workers. Read More

Theologians Condemn U.S. Bishops’ Continued Opposition to LGBTQ Civil Rights

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Two Catholic theologians have condemned the U.S. bishops conference's defense of discrimination against the LGBTQ community as scientifically and theologically flawed. Read More

Global Catholic Parents Back LGBTQ Groups Facing Sanctions by Archdiocese of Detroit

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Two major Catholic opinion leaders have come out in support of LGBTQ Catholics in Detroit, where the Archdiocese continues to suppress LGBT groups’ efforts to gather and to minister to their communities.  Read More

Detroit Parishioners Back Lesbian Church Worker Fired Over Same-Gender Marriage

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A part-time music director was fired this week from a Catholic parish near Detroit after the archdiocese learned of her marriage to her same-gender partner. Read More

Catholics Continue to Welcome Supreme Court’s Ruling on LGBTQ Employment Protections

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Catholics have continued to welcome the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week that endorses non-discrimination... Read More

After Supreme Court Ruling, Will LGBTQ Church Worker Firings Still Continue?

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Employees of the Catholic Church continue to lose their jobs in LGBTQ-related employment disputes, a trend the National Catholic Reporter recently investigated in an article that highlighted some of the disputes Bondings 2.0 has covered over the years. Read More

It Is Time for the U.S. Bishops to Reconsider Their Stance on LGBTQ Civil Equality

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With the U.S. Supreme Court’s Title VII decision to include sexual orientation and transgender identity under the protections of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the leadership of the Catholic Church has a chance to review its own stance on matters of civil equality for LGBTQ people. Read More

Catholics Reject U.S. Bishops’ Condemnation of Supreme Court Title VII Ruling

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Catholics are celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Monday that federal law prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. But many of the faithful have also sharply criticized the U.S. bishops' illogical reaction that condemn the 6-3 ruling in favor of LGBTQ rights. Read More

New Ways Ministry: SCOTUS Ruling on Title VII Is a “Reason for All Catholics to Celebrate”

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Title VII decision protecting LGBTQ people from workplace discrimination is a reason for all Catholics to celebrate. Read More

Harriet Tubman, Pride, and Black Lives Matter: How Far We’ve Come, How Far We Have to Go

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Fr. Bryan Massingale observes that Pride is a time of celebration, rejoicing, and reflection on hard-won victories. But in so many ways we are still a people in the wilderness, still on an uncertain and perilous journey. Read More